Different slopes for different folks: Alpha and delta EEG power predict subsequent video game learning rate and improvements in cognitive control tasks

Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1558-1570

  Mathewson, Kyle E ^a   Basak, Chandramallika ^b   Maclin, Edward L ^a   Low, Kathy A ^a   Boot, Walter R ^c   Kramer, Arthur F ^a   Fabiani, Monica ^a   Gratton, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha rhythm; Cognitive control; Electroencephalogram (EEG); Event related brain potentials (ERPs); Event related spectral perturbations (ERSPs); Skill learning; Space Fortress; Video game training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868211651     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2012.01474.x     Document Type: Article

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